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The Faculty of Health Sciences, in partnership with the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), seeks excellence in research, teaching and service delivery. Candidates should comply with the criteria of extensive research accomplishment and dedication to teaching and pathology service delivery.

The position is available in Anna Lauber-Biason’s lab, at the newly created Division of Endocrinology of the Medical Faculty of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, to study the molecular mechanisms of sex development in humans. Other major questions in the lab is the analysis of the pathophysiology of monogenic forms of diabetes (e.g. MODY) and of type I diabetes, with special attention to pancreatic beta-cells regeneration processes, as a possible alternative for the treatment and cure of diabetes.

We are specifically interested in the development of new data-driven computational methods for morphometric assessment of Magnetic Resonance images of the brain. The fellow will have access to a large collection of datasets modeling human disease of the Central Nervous System. The ideal candidate should have a strong mathematical and computational background, experience in pattern recognition and machine learning and biomedical image analysis and excellent programming skills. Previous experience with brain image processing (e.g., non-linear registration, VBM, TBM) and suites (e.g., FSL, FreeSurfer) will be considered a plus but is not required. Candidates must have an excellent track record of high-impact international publications and an excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.